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Cebuano

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: ceb

Population	15,800,000 in Philippines (2000 census). Population total all countries: 15,807,260.
Region	Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Visayas and parts of Mindanao. Also in United States.
Language maps	Southern Philippines, reference number 83 Southern Philippines, reference number 83
Alternate names	Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Dialects	Cebu, Boholano, Leyte, Mindanao Visayan. Boholano is sometimes considered a separate language.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, Cebuan
Language use	Trade language. Also use Filipino [fil].
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1917–1981.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Hsieh, Fuhui and Michael Tanangkingsing . 2006. "The empty root in Cebuano and Kavalan: a cognitive perspective."  

Llido, Paul. 2006. "Inflectional case assignment in Cebuano."  

McFarland, Curtis D. 2006. "Deictic pronouns in Philippine languages."  

McFarland, Curtis D. 2008. "Deictic pronouns in Philippine languages."

McKaughan, Howard P. 1960. Review of: Analysis of the syntax and the system of affixes in the Bisayaʼ language from Cebu, by J.D.v.d. Bergh.

Meiklejohn, Percy and Kathleen Meiklejohn. 1953. "Notes on Cebuano syntax."

Metillo, Loreben Daday and Wyn D. Laidig. 1996. Understanding Cebuano grammar II, book 2: Advanced grammar.

Morey, Virginia. 1961. Cebuano reference materials.

Payne, Doris L. 1995. "Verb initial languages and information order."

Payne, Thomas E. 1994. "The pragmatics of voice in a Philippine language: actor-focus and goal-focus in Cebuano narrative."

Tomales, Jesus S., compiler, and others. 1992. Gembabaʼ diksyunari (A short dictionary: Languages - Central Subanen, Cebuano Visayan, Filipino, English).

Valkama, Kari. 2000. Grammatical relations in Cebuano.

Walters, Dennis Elton. 1995. Discourse based evidence for an ergative analysis of Cebuano.

Walters, Dennis. 1994. "Discourse-based evidence for an ergative analysis of Cebuano."